Overview
This tutorial is focused on NNS neurons. In SNS DAOs with voting rewards the concepts are very similar and the same tutorial might be helpful.
As you stake a neuron in the NNS and participate in governance, by voting directly or by delegating your voting power to others, your neuron receives voting rewards in the form of maturity that can be disbursed or staked.
Stake maturity
When you have available maturity, you can stake it. Staked maturity is viewed as part of the neuron's stake and contributes to the neuron's voting power. Find more information in Voting rewards & maturity.
Step 1: On the staking page, navigate to the neuron whose maturity you want to disburse.
Click Stake in the Maturity section.
Step 2: In the form that opens, select the percentage of maturity to stake.
Step 3: After clicking Stake, you see an overview where you can review and confirm the action.
Step 4: As a result of the operation, you see that now parts of your neuron's maturity is listed in the "Staked" section.
Automatically stake maturity
In order to not have to regularly perform the action of staking maturity, you can also choose to auto-stake a neuron's maturity. This means that all new maturity will automatically be added to the staked maturity.
Step 1: On the staking page, navigate to the Advanced Details & Settings.
Choose Automatically stake new maturity.